Sold for:
$999
$999
Surveyor's Brass Vernier Compass by H. Pfister, the 5 1/2-inch dia. blackened brass dial with silvered border, paint-filled engravings H. Pfister, Cincinnati, O. , fleur-de-lis at North, East and West reversed, engraved needle ring divided 0-90 in four quadrants, baluster-form limb with rackwork vernier, staff-mount, two vials and screw-on sights, lg. 15., (limb, sights and bezel polished), in dovetailed mahogany box with label H. Pfister, Successor to R. Whitcomb & Co., Manufacturers of Surveying & Engineering Instruments, Also Inventer's [sic] Models Made to Order .
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
